About the Authors

Thierry Poynard

tpoynard@teaser.fr

Affiliation University Pierre et Marie Curie Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Liver Center, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Dominique Thabut

Affiliation University Pierre et Marie Curie Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Liver Center, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Mona Munteanu

Affiliation Biopredictive, Paris, France

Vlad Ratziu

Affiliation University Pierre et Marie Curie Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Liver Center, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Yves Benhamou

Affiliation University Pierre et Marie Curie Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Liver Center, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Olivier Deckmyn

Affiliation Biopredictive, Paris, France

Competing Interests

There was no interest for Biopredictive in this study and the participation of the two researchers does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TP. Performed the experiments: TP. Analyzed the data: TP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP MM VR YB DT OD. Wrote the paper: TP.